INFO 5670: Disaster/Emergency Management for Information Professionals

INFO 5670: Disaster/Emergency Management for Information ProfessionalsThere are four course requirements: (1) Reading Reaction, (2) Disaster InformationTools, (3) Course Project, and (4) Chat.Reading Reaction (20%)PurposeTo provide the students with background to issues indisaster/emergency management.DescriptionThe readings are organized into four (4) sets, designed to enhance the lectures and assignments. You will submit one (1) document thatincludes your reactions to the required readings for all four (4) sets. You can access the readings through the Reading List linked on the course homepage.Set 1: Disasters, Victims, and First RespondersSet 2: Information Needs, Surveillance Systems, and OthersSet 3: Outreach and Resources to Disaster Victims andRespondersSet 4: Disaster/Emergency Planning and Lessons LearnedInstructionsFor each set, read all of the required readings. Read all optional readings that apply to your chosen topic for your course project(however, you do not have to include the optional readings in your reaction).Compose one (1) document that includes the reactions to all four (4) sets. Each reaction included in the document should follow the instructions outlined below; therefore, your document will have approximately 2000-2800 words.For each of the four (4) sets of readings, read the required articles, and create a reaction of at least 500, but no more than 700 words, that includes:21. a summative evaluation of the theme of the required articles youread in each set2. a mention of how your own life knowledge and experiences contribute to what you learned from the articles.3. parenthetical references (example: (Smith, 2004)); feel free to combine references (example Smith, 2004; Alvarez, 2005; Martinez, 2007)4. reference list at the end; you may copy and paste the list of readings directly from the assignment page in the course.SubmissionSubmit your document to the appropriate dropbox.Disaster Information Tools (20%)PurposeTo expose you to key information tools related todisasters/emergencies.DescriptionYou will be completing an assessment with questions related to key information tools.InstructionsAnswer the questions using the specific instructions presented in theassessment “Disaster Information Tools.”SubmissionOnce you answer all of the questions in the Disaster Information Toolsassessment, submit the assessment. Be sure to save your answers to each of the questions.Course Project (50%)PurposeTo develop an understanding of a specific disaster/emergency eventand apply disaster information management principles to the specific disaster/emergency event.DescriptionThe project will be developed in four (4) parts.Part 1: Overview of disaster/emergency and the information needs of victims and responders involved in the disaster/emergencyPart 2: Resources to meet the information needs of victims andresponders involved in a disaster/emergencyPart 3: Disaster/emergency outreach programPart 4: Disaster/emergency management planningInstructionsEach student will be assigned one (1) of the topics from the list below.Based on the assigned topic, each student will select a real- life eventto focus on involving that disaster/emergency within the past5 years (i.e. tornado – tornado in Moore, OK in 2013). You will develop each part of the course project based on the assigned topic and selected real-life event.Before you start the course project, you need to familiarize yourself with the following resources:National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center – http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc.html(Note: There are many components to this site that would be useful for your course project. Be sure to look at the NLM Disaster Preparedness and Response Web Links.)NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit – http://nnlm.gov/ep/(Note: Be sure to explore the disaster planning materials.)Selected List of Topics to be Assignedavalanche plane crash bioterrorism radiation blizzard rioting bridge collapse terrorism cyberterrorism tornadodrought